Things to see
Artist Jacob Borshard has reinterpreted each of the 180 tiki depicted in the famed 1946 Metropolitan Museum of Art book, Arts of the South Seas in this amazing poster. Measuring 18 inches by 30 inches, the 3-color screen print is pulled and signed by the artist and is a limited-edition of 40.
$25.00
Buy Gods of the [...]
Artist and sculptor Mike NEMO Mendez has created this one-of-a-kind Hello Kitty tiki doll, hand-painted and detailed by the artist.
$80.00
Buy Mike NEMO Mendez Hello Tiki Hello Kitty custom at the Tenacious Toys website
UPDATE: The piece has now been sold — that didn’t take very long! There is a possibility that Tenacious Toys might turn this [...]
We’ve featured the artwork of Brad Parker (aka Tiki Shark) previously, but this week marks a new milestone for the artist: his own one-man gallery show.
From now through October 14, 2010, La Luz de Jesus Gallery presents “Ocean Dreams” at The Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center. Although the 10 pieces in the show are [...]
M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs, California is holding the opening reception for The Book of Tiki 10th Anniversary Exhibition Group Art Exhibition, hosted and curated by author Sven Kirsten, on Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 7:00 pm – 9:30pm.
Participating Artists Include:
SHAG (aka Josh Agle), – Bosko – Heather Watts – Kevin Kidney – Miles [...]
Lowbrow artist Shag, who’s early graphic design career was heavily influenced by Disneyland’s attraction posters, was wisely tapped by Disney to create art and memorabilia for the resort this past decade.
Now, Shag the Store in Palm Springs, CA is displaying the artist’s complete works for The Mouse, including special merchandise for The Enchanted Tiki Room, [...]
Sculptor Nemo (Mike Mendez) posted some teriffic photos of his latest project — a series of tiki-themed scupts and paint-jobs on Tenacious Toys’ Marshall series of vinyl dolls.
Details are still scarce on when the figures will become available, but designer toy blog collect3d reports they’ll sell for $50 each.
See more photos at the nemos sculpture [...]
Another awesome find at Hukilau this year was the dimensional metal sculptures by Stevo Cambrone.
Steveo’s Googie-inspired wall sculptures fully embrace the retro ethic in form and color. There’s a nice range of themes in his art. His tiki art, of course, stand out. But he also has clocks, kitchen-inspired hangings, and some very nice totally-abstract [...]